Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 2) Act 2005 (83 of 2005)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Higher Education Support Act 2003

Part 1   Amendments commencing on Royal Assent

13   After section 36-22

Insert:

36-23 Providers to repay amounts etc. for units wholly consisting of work experience in industry - no tax file numbers

(1) This section applies to a person if:

(a) a higher education provider cancels the person's enrolment in a unit of study under subsection 193-5(1); and

(b) the unit wholly consists of *work experience in industry.

Note: A HECS-HELP debt of a person to whom this section applies is remitted under subsection 137-5(5).

(2) The provider must:

(a) pay to the person an amount equal to the payment, or the sum of the payments, that the person made in relation to his or her *student contribution amount for the unit; and

(b) pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to any *HECS-HELP assistance to which the person was entitled for the unit.

Note: The heading to section 36-22 is altered by omitting " industry in special " and substituting " industry - special ".